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Other studies, including in the United States, have shown this same pattern, with girls who begin developing earlier than their peers vulnerable to depression in adolescence. Some studies have found this in boys, though it’s not as clear. But there is concern that girls whose development starts earlier than their peers are at risk in a number of ways, and across different cultural backgrounds.
“Early puberty is a challenge and a stress, and it’s associated with more than depression,” said Dr. Jane Mendle, a clinical psychologist in the department of human development at Cornell University. She named anxiety, disordered eating and self-injury as some of the risks for girls. In her studies of puberty, she has found associations between early development and depression in both genders in New York children. In boys, the tempo of puberty was significant, as well as the timing; boys who moved more rapidly from one Tanner stage to the next were at higher risk and the increased depression risk seemed to be related to changes in their peer relationships.
Before puberty, Dr. Mendle said, depression occurs at roughly the same rate in both sexes, but by the midpoint of puberty, girls are two and a half times more likely to be depressed than boys.
Some of these children may already be at risk; Dr. Mendle said that early puberty is more common in children who have grown up in circumstances of adversity, in poverty, in the foster care system. But some of it is heredity and some of it is body type and some of it, probably, is chance.
Researchers have wondered about hormonal associations with depression; Dr. Schooling pointed out that their study found that depression was associated with early breast development, controlled by estrogens, but not with early pubic hair development, controlled by androgens. “There is no physical factor that we know about that would explain this; estrogen has been eliminated as a driver of depression in earlier research,” she said in an email. “We probably need to explore social factors to seek an explanation.” They also plan to follow up with their study population at age 17.
Parents should be aware of the difficulties that children may experience if they start puberty earlier than their peers, but lots of children handle early development with resiliency, and even pride.
Children who start puberty early – say, 8 instead of 12 — are faced with handling those physical changes while they are more childlike in their knowledge and their cognitive development, and in their emotional understanding of what goes on around them.
Parents should keep in mind that the same protective factors that help children navigate other challenges of growing up are helpful here: All children do better when they have good relationships with their parents, and when they feel connected at school. And we should be talking about the changes to their bodies before they happen, and make it clear that all of these topics are open for discussion.
Home News More drama at SABC?
An article in the June 29 issue of City Press suggested Zikalala, the SABC’s suspended chief executive of news and current affairs, may well be back at the SABC before you can say, “Shucks, not this issue again!” This time, the article says, Zikalala may be appointed acting chief operations officer (COO).
The ending of Charlotte Mampane’s tenure as acting COO on June 30 makes for an interesting twist in the story, as Zikalala may now fill in the shoes of COO – despite being in the midst of suspension appeals. Zikalala is due to appear before the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) to challenge his suspension. It is not clear when he will appear before the commission, as a CCMA spokesperson denied knowledge of the issue when called.
align=justifyCity Press apparently established that recommendations for the replacement of the acting chief operations officer (COO) were discussed between board chairperson Kanyi Mkonza, deputy Christine Qunta and Gab Mampone, who was appointed acting CEO after Dali Mpofu was suspended.
align=justifyThe paper is apparently in possession of a letter that indicates Mampane has also put forward the names of former COO Solly Mokoetle, who left the SABC to join Telkom Media, and Anton Heunis, head of the audience services department at the corporation, for the position of acting COO.
align=justifyMampane is one of seven SABC executives who signed the June 2 petition for the sacking of the board. !_LT_EMCity Press!_LT_/EM reports that Mampane is thought to belong to the “camp” of Mpofu, together with spokesperson Kaizer Kganyago, Mvuzo Mbebe, Phumelele Ntombela-Nzimande, Thabang Mathibe, Thami Ntenteni and strategy boss Sipho Sithole.
align=justifyIf Zikalala is appointed as acting COO he will attend board meetings and have executive powers, apparently regardless of whether his suspension is lifted or not.
align=justifyWhen approached for comment, Kganyago said he was unaware of these issues. Zikalala could not be reached for comment.
David Cameron may struggle at passport control when he returns home from his trip to the US and Brazil after fluffing a mock citizenship test on the Late Show with David Letterman.
"You have found me out. That is bad, I have ended my career on your show tonight," the prime minister said, after struggling when Letterman fired a series of questions at him.
Shifting slightly awkwardly in his seat, Cameron first ran into trouble when Letterman asked him who composed the music for Rule Britannia after the band struck up the music from the Last Night of the Proms. "Elgar," he said uneasily. "You are testing me," he added.
Letterman waited until near the end of Cameron's appearance to point out that Thomas Arne composed the music, and that the poem was by James Thomson.
Letterman picked on Rule Britannia to remind the prime minister that Britain once had an empire on which the sun never set. Cameron showed a better grasp of American history as he rattled through Anglo-American relations. "We had a bit of a falling out, [though] I think we are getting over that," the Oxford PPE graduate said. "We interfered in your politics 200 years ago when we sailed up the river and burnt the White House."
Cameron asked to become the first sitting prime minister to appear on the Letterman show, recorded at the legendary Ed Sullivan Theatre on Broadway, to fly the flag for British business. He told Letterman he was "shamelessly" exploiting the afterglow of the Olympics and Paralympics.
Cameron retrieved his honour when asked to explain the difference between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. He summed up the partition of Ireland in a few seconds and went on to praise the Queen's visit to Dublin last year. He made one minor slip when he said she was the first member of her family to visit since independence. The Prince of Wales has visited on numerous occasions.
The interrogation turned to Magna Carta. "1215," he shot back when asked the date it was signed. It took him a few minutes to give the venue – Runnymede – before delivering a first class essay about its significance in checking the powers of the English crown.
But he did not know the English for Magna Carta. Cameron's university chum, Boris Johnson, the mayor of London, who has appeared on the show, will no doubt be chuckling. Letterman eventually ended Cameron's agony, explaining it meant Great Charter.
Letterman's producers gave the show a southern English middle class theme, providing the US audience with a guide to the British class system. The other guest was the British actor Jonny Lee Miller, who made his name in Trainspotting. Miller, the former husband of Angelina Jolie, is from Kingston, Surrey, and was educated at Tiffin, a local grammar school.
Mumford & Sons, the folk rock band from Wimbledon, offered a song from their new album Babel. Marcus Mumford, the lead singer, was educated at King's College School. As an Etonian, Cameron represented a higher step on the ladder of the English private school system.
Cameron, who ran rings round Jeremy Paxman during the 2005 Tory leadership contest, took care to prepare for his encounter with Letterman. One joke doing the rounds was that Sir Kim Darroch, Britain's national security adviser who has a quick and dry humour, would stand in for Letterman in rehearsals.
In the end the Cameron prep team, led by his communications director and former television news editor Craig Oliver, fired a series of questions at him. Top of the list were queries about the Queen after the Letterman team told No 10 they were fascinated by the British monarch after her walk-on part in the James Bond section of the Olympics opening ceremony.
The Cameron team studied with care Johnson's appearance on the Letterman show in June, when the mayor was asked how long he has been cutting his hair. "That's a low blow," New York-born Johnson replied with a smile.
Barack Obama was given a reasonably easy ride on the show this month when he appeared after the leaked video in which the Republican presidential challenger, Mitt Romney, appeared to write off 47% of the US electorate. The prime minister watched a recording of Obama's appearance as part of his preparation.
One senior British source said: "It is just a good opportunity. Britain has had an extraordinary year with the Jubilee, with the Olympics and with the Paralympics. We have got something good to shout about. So getting out there talking up Britain is important.
"We should never forget that we are the biggest investor in America, America is the biggest investor in us. There is a saying in business that when you want to do better you go back to your biggest customers and try and squeeze out a bit more."
Cameron sought to show a modern Britain. Letterman did his best to counter that in laying the ground for Cameron's appearance by releasing dry ice to depict "London fog".
After the success of the Final Fantasy XV Nissin Cup Noodles in Japan, we now have Dissidia Final Fantasy NT brand Cup Noodles and these will be available in the states, according to the recent post on the Nissin Cup Noodles Facebook page.
Each package of Cup Noodles will come with an exclusive in-game DLC item with receipt of purchase. So the more Cup Noodles you eat, the more Dissidia swag you get to take home. One of the items being offered up in the campaign is Noctis’s Royal Raiment outfit from Final Fantasy XV.
We’re warming up for battle with some exclusive Dissidia Final Fantasy NT downloadable content! Get access to Noctis’ Royal Raiment outfit for Final Fantasy XV when you purchase specially marked Nissin Cup Noodles (available in stores now)!
These special Cup Noodles can be found anywhere you’d normally pick up your boxes of instant ramen, so they should be pretty easy to find. Redemption instructions are pretty simple, you just need a receipt and a smartphone.
Buy one or more specially marked Cup Noodles and save purchase receipt.
Take a clear photo of purchase receipt showing Cup Noodles line item.
Text keyword CUPNOODLES to 87963 to begin process.
Text receipt photo to short code printed on the inside of pack.
Receive a text message with code and redemption instructions.
Enter code into PlayStation™Network to download exclusive in-game content.
Naturally, to redeem the items you need to own a PlayStation 4 and a copy of the PS4 version of Dissidia Final Fantasy NT.
The Guardian captions: "This seems to be why the protests were snuffed out. The video below shows hundreds of police and basij militia in riot gear lining the streets."
[The government] bussed in as many people as they possibly could from many towns and locations and depositing them at Azadi Square, surrounded by and escorted by thousands of officers. I have even seen them rounding up people myself. This is while they started beating the others (opposition) starting at 8 am. Of what value is such a pro-government turnout? If they allowed this side (opposition) to gather, they would see how the masses really turn out. For example, at Sadeghi Square, where we were, folks told us they started beating up on them since they started arriving at 8 am. They kept gathering and they kept dispersing them. What value was their [the government's] turnout under these circumstances?
Dark, chilling and bloody, the Milwaukee Ballet's latest production is a far cry from "Swan Lake."
"Dracula," which opened Thursday evening in the Marcus Center's Uihlein Hall, is a gripping, choreographed interpretation of Bram Stoker's famous story.
Choreographed by Milwaukee Ballet artistic director Michael Pink, with an original score by Philip Feeney, "Dracula" leans on its audience's familiarity with the story and its filmed retellings to great effect.
The production's opening scenes, using detailed costumes and stage-filling sets designed by Lez Brotherston, are done in the shades of gray palette of black-and-white films, marked dramatically with occasional splashes of blood red.
But sets, costumes and score are meaningless without something compelling happening onstage, which this production has in spades.
David Hovhannisyan, who danced the title role on Thursday and will also appear in Saturday's performance, is absolutely mesmerizing.
Heartless, seductive and completely confident, he moves with a catlike combination of fluidity and tension, toying with his prey and building delicious anticipation before pouncing.
From his first striking entrance to his disdainful, unhurried stroll to center stage for his curtain call, Hovhannisyan maintains his icy character unflinchingly, demanding and getting the audience's complete attention.
Luz San Miguel does a marvelous transformation from the light, playful steps of the innocent-but-doomed Lucy, to the feral, pure-evil movements of a bloodied Nosferatu.
Ryan Martin's take on Jonathan Harker is that of an "everyman" who finds the strength to continue when pushed to and then beyond his limits. He brings a mix of tenderness and frantic athleticism to the role.
Valerie Harmon creates a warm, dignified Mina, bringing long-limbed grace to the role and defining the horror of the story with her final gesture.
Justin Genna's strong Van Helsing combines with Alexandre Ferreira's Quincy and Joshua Reynolds' Arthur to form a valiant, driven good-against-evil force in the production.
Company members bring polished, traditional movements and energized folk steps to numerous small roles and corps scenes. They also give wonderfully creepy form to hordes of undead, vampires and the like.
The Milwaukee Ballet Orchestra, under the baton of Andrews Sill, gave a generally strong reading of Feeney's dramatic score that was highlighted by some poignant cello solos and dimmed by some horn fumbles and weak violin solos.
"Dracula" runs through Oct. 30 at the Marcus Center, 929 N. Water St. For ticket information, visit www.milwaukeeballet.org or call (414) 273-7206.
This coming weekend the Chargers visit New England for the AFC Championship game and the Giants are on the road in Green Bay for the NFC Championship game.
The way the Chargers defeated the Colts on Sunday, I'm picking San Diego over New England.
I take the Chargers over the Patriots partly because I want New England to lose, but also because San Diego has the No. 1 rusher in the league, LaDainian Tomlinson. The Patriots have a strong defense, but they are stronger against the pass than the rush. Tomlinson was hurt against the Colts, but I think he will recover for the game with New England.
The Packers were looking very good against the Seahawks, so a Packer win is likely. I choose the Packers over the Giants because the game is at Green Bay, the Packers are the second best team in the NFC, and Brett Favre was looking good against the Seahawks. The Giants have a good team, but I don't think they can handle an opponent this strong.
In the NFC, the Seattle Seahawks and the Green Bay Packers played in snowy Wisconsin. The first offensive play of the game resulted in a fumble by Packers running back Ryan Grant, leading to a Seahawks touchdown. Despite this, the Packers came back and crushed the Seahawks 42-20.
Over in Massachusetts, the Jacksonville Jaguars attempted to be the first team this season to defeat the New England Patriots. The Jaguars were looking good as they went into the half tied, 14-14. The second half was all Tom Brady, as he threw for two touchdowns and won the game for the Patriots, 31-20.
The San Diego Chargers went to Indiana and tried to beat the defending Super Bowl champs, the Indianapolis Colts. During the first half Chargers running back LaDainian Tomlinson was injured with a bruised knee, making it more difficult for San Diego.
The lead changed between the Chargers and Colts into the fourth quarter until Chargers backup quarterback Billy Volek dived in for a touchdown. Colts quarterback Peyton Manning drove the Colts to inside the 10-yard line but was stopped short by the Chargers defense. The final score was 28-24 Chargers.
It was an upset in Texas, as well, when the New York Giants squared off against the Dallas Cowboys. The teams were tied, 14-14, at the half. With nine seconds left in the game, the Giants defense came through with an interception in the end zone. The final score was 21-17 Giants.
HARTFORD, Conn. — Distracted driving is illegal in most places. Now, some Connecticut lawmakers are trying to make distracted walking illegal, according to WFSB.
Too many people are on their phones and not paying attention while crossing city streets, those in favor of a new bill believe.
“People definitely do it, but not everybody. Nobody should do it. There are certain people that really shouldn’t do it,” said Emily Burman of West Hartford.
The bill before the state’s legislature would allow police to give people a $20 ticket.
“I think it’s a good idea. If we’re going to hold drivers to a certain standard to not be on their phones while driving — which is obviously a good idea — then we should also do that for pedestrians,” said Jessica Tagliarini, of West Hartford.
Jaime Garcia remains winless in six career starts against Colorado as he lasted just five innings before being pulled for a pinch hitter.
The Cardinals lost 3-1 in the series opener to the Rockies on Tuesday night at Busch Stadium.
Garcia was wild, walking four and allowing five hits, (all singles), as Colorado built a 2-0 lead in the third. The inning started with a walk and included a two-out single by Nolan Arenado. Garcia gave up the third run in the fourth. It was the third time this season, Garcia lasted just five innings.
Randal Grichuk’s pinch-hit single drove home a run in the seventh. Chad Bettis held the Cardinals hitless until the fifth.
A wide-ranging surveillance operation by the Food and Drug Administration against a group of its own scientists utilized an enemies list of sorts as it secretly captured thousands of e-mails that the disgruntled scientists sent privately to members of Congress, lawyers, labor officials, journalists and even President Obama, previously undisclosed records show.
What began as a narrow investigation into the possible leaking of confidential agency information by five scientists quickly grew in mid-2010 into a much broader campaign to counter outside critics of the agency's medical review process, according to the cache of more than 80,000 pages of computer documents generated by the surveillance effort.
Moving to quell what one memo called the "collaboration" of the FDA's opponents, the surveillance operation identified 21 agency employees, congressional officials, outside medical researchers and journalists thought to be working together to put out negative and "defamatory" information about the agency.
FDA officials defended the surveillance operation, saying the computer monitoring was limited to the five scientists suspected of leaking confidential information about the safety and design of medical devices.
The agency, using so-called spy software designed to help employers monitor workers, captured screen images from the government laptops of the five scientists as they were being used at work or at home.
The extraordinary surveillance effort grew out of a bitter, years-long dispute between the scientists and their bosses at the FDA over the scientists' claims that faulty review procedures at the agency had led to the approval of medical imaging devices for mammograms and colonoscopies that exposed patients to dangerous levels of radiation.
Last year, the scientists found that a few dozen of their e-mails had been intercepted by the agency. They filed a lawsuit in September, after four of the scientists had been let go, and the Washington Post disclosed the monitoring in January. But the scope of the surveillance, its range of targets across Washington, and the huge volume of information that it generated were not previously known.
FDA officials said that in monitoring the communication of the five scientists, their e-mails "were collected without regard to the identity of the individuals with whom the user may have been corresponding." The FDA said that those outside the agency were never targets of the surveillance operation but were suspected of receiving confidential information.
While federal agencies have broad discretion to monitor their employees' computer use, the FDA program may have crossed legal lines by grabbing and analyzing confidential information that is specifically protected under the law, including attorney-client communications, whistle-blower complaints to Congress, and workplace grievances filed with the government.
Members of Congress were irate to learn that correspondence between the scientists and their own staffers had been gathered and analyzed.
"It is absolutely unacceptable for the FDA to be spying on employees who reach out to members of Congress to expose abuses or wrongdoing in government agencies," said Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., who has examined the agency's medical review procedures.
Memorial Day programs in the Twin Cities capped off days-long observances for those who served in the armed forces.
Yesterday morning, residents lined Main Street in Fitchburg as a parade marched toward the Upper Common. Marching were veterans, city officials, representatives of the Gold Star mothers, members of the Fitchburg High School marching band and Boy Scouts.
Fitchburg City Council President Jody M. Joseph said he was pleased to see the number of people who turned out for the ceremony. �We have people from old to the young who have turned out here today to honor the memory of those who have gone before us,� he said.
Noting the service of veterans continues when they return home from war, Fitchburg Mayor Dan H. Mylott told the crowd of the work that veterans have done in service to their community. �Today is a day of honor and reflection; we must not, we will not forget their sacrifice,� he said.
State Rep. Stephen L. DiNatale, D-Fitchburg, asked those in attendance to think of what the world would like if men and women had not answered the call to defend freedom.
Guest speaker Staff Sgt. Daniel Cotnoir of the U.S. Marine Corps, Retired, urged those in attendance to keep a special place in their heart for Memorial Day.
�Too much emphasis is placed on Memorial Day as a holiday, the official start of summer,� Sgt. Cotnoir, a veteran of the Persian Gulf War, said. He was also named 2005 Marine of the Year.
As the Marine Corps motto is �semper fidelis� (always faithful), he asked those in the audience to remain always faithful to honor the memory of those who have served.
The Monday-morning program in Fitchburg was preceded by two other Memorial Day activities. On Sunday morning, a memorial Mass was held at St. Camillus Church, Mechanic Street. The annual White Cross Service was held at Monument Park, Main Street on Sunday evening.